Liestal: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2829 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’981
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 56
- Median utilization
- 63 %
Canton: 41 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.45
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.7 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.1
Switzerland: 2.3
About Liestal
Liestal is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The parcel data lists 3’981 parcels in 56 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (1’469), Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG3 (629) and Strasse innerhalb ZPS (341).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 63 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 101 %. The canton median is 41 %, so Liestal sits above it.
The median building height is 10.7 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.45. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (505 parcels), close to the 108 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’469 | 74 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG3 | 629 | 74 % |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 341 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 265 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 188 | 98 % |
| Wohnzonen | 134 | 85 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG2 | 118 | 101 % |
| Zentrumszone 2 | 97 | 76 % |
| Waldareal | 69 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone G1 | 67 | 67 % |
| Zentrumszone 1 | 56 | 100 % |
| Gewerbezone G2 | 47 | 55 % |
| Other zones (44) | 501 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’914 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 101 %. The median is 63 % and the mean 75 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %42 %
- 50 % to below 100 %33 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’914 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.82. The median is 0.45 and the mean 0.63.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5054 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above8 %
Building height
Of the 2’627 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.7 m and the mean 11.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m13 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m27 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’501 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 3.2. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 220 %
- 2 to below 333 %
- 3 to below 543 %
- 5 and above5 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 3’981 | 108 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’668 | 190 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’137 | 236 % |
| Last 20 years | 505 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 349 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 237 | 119 % |
| Last 5 years | 106 | 125 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).